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Recognised as Colour

#89C6DD

  • #89C6DD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#89C6DD is a cyan with RGB values 137, 198, 221 and HSL 196°, 55%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#89C6DD#89C6DD
HEX#89C6DD
RGBrgb(137, 198, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.5373, 0.7765, 0.8667
RGB percentages53.7%, 77.6%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(196.4, 55.3%, 70.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.4, 38%, 86.7%)
CMYK38%, 10.4%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,029,341
CSS custom property--colour: #89C6DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50927WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness184.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.19:1
Contrast with white1.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB
Inverted#763922

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B9C3DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#ACB9DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.1 from the original
Tritanopia#69CDCDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.88:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 4.6Light blue · ΔE 9.9Light skyblue · ΔE 11.7Light steelblue · ΔE 12.9Powder blue · ΔE 13.5Pale turquoise · ΔE 18.5
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 4.57, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DDA089
Analogous#89DDCA, #899CDD
Triadic#DD89C6, #C6DD89
Split complementary#DD899C, #DDCA89
Tetradic#CA89DD, #DDA089, #9CDD89

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D8ECF4
Lighter +10%#B1D9E8
Darker −10%#61B3D2
Darker −20%#3AA0C6
Darker −30%#2E809F
Darker −40%#226078
More saturated +25%#76CFF0
Less saturated −25%#9CBDCA

Channel breakdown

R137
G198
B221
Red137 (53.7%)
Green198 (77.6%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue196.43°
Saturation (HSL)55.26%
Lightness70.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 89 · G C6 · B DD

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